CVE-2020-36162 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Veritas CloudPoint before version 8.3.0.1+hotfix, specifically impacting its Windows Agent. A low-privileged user can exploit a misconfiguration in the OpenSSL library, which attempts to load a non-existent configuration file, to achieve arbitrary code execution and gain administrator access. This local attack has low complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:cloudpoint:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:cloudpoint:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:cloudpoint:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:cloudpoint:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:cloudpoint:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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